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Article: Music Made Easy: 'Sampling' old songs to create new hits made Puff Daddy a star. Now the revolution is coming to the desktop.(MusicHall 2000 makes products that turn anyone into a producer)(Focus on Technology)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- October 25, 1999
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Ever dreamed of becoming a pop star? One of the best things about the PC revolution is that it enables amateurs to do creative work that looks professional. Thousands of people have used programs like Paintshop Pro, Adobe Premiere and Microsoft Publisher to retouch photos, edit video footage and lay out slick newsletters. But what about music? If you can't play an instrument or carry a tune, no computer in the world can make you sound like Christina Aguilera.
That's about to change, thanks to a small New York City start-up called MusicHall 2000. Instead of launching yet another Web site where people can download MP3s, this company plans to do something much ...